Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-07

n rev flakeS OIL snow tell az WOOufOrd
during the recent cold wave. Two years
ago the 23d of last month snow fell all
day without cessation. Woodford is sit
uated on the mountains in Bennington
county.
Michael McDonough of Hydeyille was
struck and killed by the up train on the
Central Vermont road at 80 am. Sun
day, at Double Road crossing, so called,
near Flint's mill, between Rutland and
Proctor.
The 7ith annual meeting of the State
Medical society will be held in the new
court room of the State house at Mont
pelier October 13 and II. Half fare is
provided on all the roads of the State in
the usual way.
A freight train was smashed up on the
Central Vermont railroad Saturday night
near East Clarendon. Cars were piled
up in all directions, and the track was
not cleared till Sunday, delaying all pas
senger trains.
The stockholders of the Burlington and
Lamolle railroad have decided to issue
S500,000 perferred stock, interest at per
cent, to redeem first mortgage bonds,
interest on which has been defaulted for
several years.
a gentleman from Michigan is reported
as having been in Bennington recently
claiming the ownership of most of the
town of Bennington and a "part of York
State under patent issued during the
reign of George IL.
Frank E. Clement, aged 30, of Bellows
Falls, went chestnutting on a recent Sun
day with his wife and children. He fell
! . feet from tree in the presence of his
family, striking on rock on his head,
fracturing his skull.
1t was voted by an overwhelming ma
jerity at a special village meeting at
main water pipe from the reservoir in
Berlin to Montpelier, and the treasurer
was authorized to borrow money not ex-
ceeding $50, 200 to defray the expense of
the same.
Barre academy at Barre. which has
been closed for several years, is to be
used for a graded school hereafter. the
taxpayers of that village having voted
to pay $500 for the building for school
purposes. Barre academy flourished from
1850 to 1880, but declined after the death
of its longtime principal, j. S. Spaul.
ding.
Horace Allen of Delaware, o., 81, has
travelled on foot, with wheelbarrow, tC
Bennington, distance of 700 miles. He
has paid his expenses largely by selling
small wares which he carried in the wheel
barrow. He is a native of Vermont, ant
a nephew of Ethan Allen. The object Of
the trip was to cure rheumatism, by
which he was great sufferer, and the
long trip has relieved him almost entirely
a Bellows Falls dispatch SAYS: The
/ increase in the cost of coal caused by the
Interstate commerce law is leading large
consumers to test the relative merits OF
other kinds of fuel. a prominent man
ufacturing concern here, formerly aver
aging 1870 tons per week. has purchased {
train of cars for bringing sawdust here
and are testing it by mixing different
proportions of soft coal with it. They
are now using less than % tons per week
VIM. Robertson Il Sons of Putney are
using crude petroleum. Three weeks
trial has yielded satisfactory results as tC
expense.
Messrs. Bingham, Shurtleff and Wood
bury, commissioners to apprase the
assets and liabilities of Rutland, West
Rutland and Proctor, filed their report
Tuesday, finding s5,295.56 as the net
amount to be paid to Rutland by Proctor
over and above its portion of the United
States surplus fund as its share of the in
debtedness of the old town of Rutland
above assets. All the assets of the ole
town of Rutland 60 to Rutland, and Rut
land assumes all the debts of the ole
town. The commissioners appraised the
town-hall in Rutland village at S23, 600
and the town farm at $1,000.